swiftyp said:
Wow. This thing blew up. Bribie, I appreciate the offer man. You'll have to let me ship you something from here that you all don't have access to. I'll PM ya when I can get to a real computer (on my phone now). Thank you guys for your advice on this thing.
Haha..... don't stress swiftyp........ threads about brewing VB clones always blow up on an Aussie home brewing forum.
It is probably one of the most despised beers by Australian home brewers, and usually the reason we make our own beer...... because we want something better.
Saying that...... i also have met plenty of brewers who are happy to make beers like VB because they like them, and you will find most brewers like that dont usually frequent these pages, because they are happy with what they have and are not so interested in learning to improve their beers to perfection.
Cloning an aussie commercial lager is not always easy because they don't tend to use techniques available to the average home brewer. In fact most usually find that their attempts to brew a poor quality beer usually ends up being far superior to the commercial swill they are trying to emulate.
as said above.....
about 30% surcorse or glucose
a cheap non euro lager malt 1.046, mashed at 63 to 64 deg C
Pride of Ringwood (a clean high alpha US hop should do) to about 22 IBU
ferment with danish lager yeast allowing it to warm up through fermentation.
CC for a week,
Filter the life out of it.
Serve at -1 dec C (just over freezing point) with the glass filled all the way to the top with almost no head.
easy
Cheers
